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J. W. SMITH. P131301: :FOR SHOOTING MARBLES- No. 328,348. Patented Oct.13, 1885.

' WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICEB JAMES W. SMITH, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWJERSEY.-

P-ISTOL FOR SHOOTING MARBLES.

QEPECIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent N0.328,348, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed February 19, 1885. Serial No. 156,377. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. SMITH, of Jersey City, Hudson county, NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Pistol for Shooting Marbles, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved pistol forshooting marbles.

The invention consists in parts and details, as will be fully described,and set forth hereinafter in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal inside view of one half of the pistol beforethe same is fired. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the pistol being fired.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal viewof the sliding rod.

The pistol is provided with a barrel, A, Open at both ends,and having ahandle, B, on one end.

At the middle of the barrel an inwardlyprojecting stop-lug, O, is formedat the top, and at the bottom a circular pocket, D, projects from thebarrel.

A coil-spring, E, on the pocket D has one end secured to a central pin,F, of the pocket, and the other end is passed through a slot, G, in therear end of arod, H, in the pistol, heads J being secured on the frontand rear ends of the rod H, the front head, J, beingin front of thestop-lug O.

A flat trigger, K, is pivoted in the rear end of the pistol, and partprojects beyond the rear end of the barrel. Asuitable recess is formedin which the trigger can move.

A fiat spring-strip, L, in the barrel has one end secured on the barrelnear the front end, and the rear end rests against the inner surface ofthe barrel at or near the lug C.

To load the pistol, the rod H is pushed back by means of a finger or arod until the rear head drops slightly and catches on the rear end ofthe barrelA, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the trigger is depressed, asshown in Fig. 1, and the coil-spring E is stretched. The ball or marbleM is then pushed into the bar rel until it rests against the front head,J, the spring L preventing it from sliding out.

By pulling the trigger the rear head, J, is pushed upward and disengagedfrom the rear end ,of the barrel, and the rod H is moved to the frontvery forcibly by the spring E, which contracts, thereby ejecting thehall.

The pistol is formed of two halves, which are held together by screws.The rear head, J, strikes the check-lug O, which prevents the rod Hbeing thrown .outward too far.

Guns can beconstructed in a like manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with atoy pistol or gun havingits barrel open at both ends, of a rod in the barrel having a head oneach end, a coil-spring held in a pocket on the under side of the barreland connected with the rear end of the rod in the barrel, and of thetrigger K,

the rear end of which projects beyond the rear 3 open end of the barrel,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a toy pistol or gun having its barrel open atboth ends and having the internal stop, 0, of a rod in the barrel 5having a head on each end and on opposite sides of said stop, a coiledspring held in a pocket on the underside of the barrel and connectedwith the rear end of the rod in the barrel, and of a trigger, K, therear end of which projects beyond the rear open end of the barrel,substantially as set forth.

JAMES XV. SMITH. \Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. Gun, 0. SEDGWICK.

